Canadian Border crossing, how to answer "where do you work"
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Canadian Border crossing, how to answer "where do you work"
Long story short I work for a comapny that does contract work for the US Military. Anyone else do what I do, or close and how did you answer when asked where do you work, or what do you do for a living? I have absolutly nothing to hide, but have read lots about short, truthful answers and am just looking for a good simple answer because what I do can be answered about 3 ways and I just want the best, simplest one, right up front for them. Thanks for any and all input and yes, I read and searched tons before posting this up.
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Long story short I work for a comapny that does contract work for the US Military. Anyone else do what I do, or close and how did you answer when asked where do you work, or what do you do for a living? I have absolutly nothing to hide, but have read lots about short, truthful answers and am just looking for a good simple answer because what I do can be answered about 3 ways and I just want the best, simplest one, right up front for them. Thanks for any and all input and yes, I read and searched tons before posting this up.
Kris
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+1 tell the truth but don't offer any more info than is needed unless asked
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Long story short I work for a comapny that does contract work for the US Military. Anyone else do what I do, or close and how did you answer when asked where do you work, or what do you do for a living? I have absolutly nothing to hide, but have read lots about short, truthful answers and am just looking for a good simple answer because what I do can be answered about 3 ways and I just want the best, simplest one, right up front for them. Thanks for any and all input and yes, I read and searched tons before posting this up.
Kris
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Had a harder time getting back into the US than I did getting into Canada.
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I would tell them where I work. The last time I went to Canada, they asked me about 20 questions. But, three different ways they asked if I had any firearms, any self-defence weapons, and how do I protect myself.
All of the other questions were small talk to find out if I was carrying a firearm with me.
All of the other questions were small talk to find out if I was carrying a firearm with me.
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+1 name of company, position. Unless it's Columbian drug cartel, enforcer. probably not a best to be honest then. : )
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The idea behind them asking about your employment is they want to make sure you're planning to go back. Same with us going into the US. Consider if a person shows up at the border, "nope no job, no house, no wife, just on a holiday sir... "!
So the fact you have a job is what they want to hear. Have you ever tried to go to
Brazil? Due to reciprocity, they make us, the Canadians and Americans get travel visas just like we make their visitors do. To get a visa you have to provide employment verification by showing recent pay cheques, as well as recent up to date bank records. We require people from 3rd world countries to do that so we know they have something to go back to.
Just a tid bit of trivia. Carry on.
So the fact you have a job is what they want to hear. Have you ever tried to go to
Brazil? Due to reciprocity, they make us, the Canadians and Americans get travel visas just like we make their visitors do. To get a visa you have to provide employment verification by showing recent pay cheques, as well as recent up to date bank records. We require people from 3rd world countries to do that so we know they have something to go back to.
Just a tid bit of trivia. Carry on.